Where does “legi” come from?

legi (Romanian) comes from Romanian lega, from Latin ligō, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

legi (Romanian): plural of lege laws; second-person singular...

Definitions

  1. plural of lege laws; second-person singular...

Ancestry of “legi”, step by step

legi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian lega

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlegato tie, to bind, to connect
2Latinligōhoe, mattock
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

via Romanian lege laws

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlege laws—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Latin ligō →Every word from Romanian lega →